Of course it was in our interests to do so. No empire acts otherwise.
We do not own the world, but we do own the worlds reserve currency, largest economy, are the guarantors of safe naval passage for most of the world, are the defenders of North America, Europe, and to a lesser extent Japan and South Korea. We send re-usable rockets to space. We are amazing.
Does any of this give us a direct claim to Greenland? No, but what claim did Denmark have over the native people when they invaded?
Roosevelt honestly thought the Soviets would be good partners post-war. He was wrong. Very wrong.
We do not own the world, but we do own the worlds reserve currency, largest economy, are the guarantors of safe naval passage for most of the world, are the defenders of North America, Europe, and to a lesser extent Japan and South Korea. We send re-usable rockets to space. We are amazing.
Does any of this give us a direct claim to Greenland? No, but what claim did Denmark have over the native people when they invaded?
Roosevelt honestly thought the Soviets would be good partners post-war. He was wrong. Very wrong.